The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:00:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Restaurant Open On Valentine's Day http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/restaurant-open-on-valentines-day http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/restaurant-open-on-valentines-day#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:00:37 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/restaurant-open-on-valentines-day
Keep your eye on WALB reporter Dayne Young. Sure, right now he's just covering south Georgia, but one need only observe the effortless charm he exudes as he pulls off the most difficult of local news maneuvers in the middle of this report on Valentine's Day dining at the Tifton Waffle House—suddenly, rather than just narrating the action, he's part of it—to know that this kid is going places. You heard it here first.

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Keep your eye on WALB reporter Dayne Young. Sure, right now he's just covering south Georgia, but one need only observe the effortless charm he exudes as he pulls off the most difficult of local news maneuvers in the middle of this report on Valentine's Day dining at the Tifton Waffle House—suddenly, rather than just narrating the action, he's part of it—to know that this kid is going places. You heard it here first.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/restaurant-open-on-valentines-day/feed 7 Penguin Briefly Distracts Old People From The Ever-Present Awareness Of Impending Death http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/penguin-briefly-distracts-old-people-from-the-ever-present-awareness-of-their-own-impending-death http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/penguin-briefly-distracts-old-people-from-the-ever-present-awareness-of-their-own-impending-death#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:10:30 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/penguin-briefly-distracts-old-people-from-the-ever-present-awareness-of-their-own-impending-death
Hahaha, it looks like he's wearing a tuxedo!

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Hahaha, it looks like he's wearing a tuxedo!

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/penguin-briefly-distracts-old-people-from-the-ever-present-awareness-of-their-own-impending-death/feed 4 The Story Of The Singing Donkey http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/the-story-of-the-singing-donkey http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/the-story-of-the-singing-donkey#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:10:40 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/the-story-of-the-singing-donkey
This story starts off sounding like a classic barnyard joke ("first she played for the cows") but it ends up being rather sweet. As someone who believes that the joys of rural life are best experienced at a vast remove, if not theoretically, I can absolutely get behind this video. But she should really get her son away from the fence before that donkey bites his head right off.

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This story starts off sounding like a classic barnyard joke ("first she played for the cows") but it ends up being rather sweet. As someone who believes that the joys of rural life are best experienced at a vast remove, if not theoretically, I can absolutely get behind this video. But she should really get her son away from the fence before that donkey bites his head right off.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/the-story-of-the-singing-donkey/feed 1 Prison Island Goat Ends Up In Dog Prison http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/prison-island-goat-ends-up-in-dog-prison http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/prison-island-goat-ends-up-in-dog-prison#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:50:08 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/prison-island-goat-ends-up-in-dog-prison
This goat wasn't kidding around! Hahaha, get it? Sigh. He had a good run, at least.

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This goat wasn't kidding around! Hahaha, get it? Sigh. He had a good run, at least.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/prison-island-goat-ends-up-in-dog-prison/feed 1 The Magnetic Fields, "Andrew In Drag" http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/the-magnetic-fields-andrew-in-drag-2 http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/the-magnetic-fields-andrew-in-drag-2#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:00:54 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/the-magnetic-fields-andrew-in-drag-2
Here's the video for the first single from the forthcoming Magnetic Fields album, Love at the Bottom of the Sea. Be careful, THERE IS NAKEDNESS INVOLVED. I would not want you to get fired. Much like Sunday's Super Bowl, the clip is all about "playing with the ambiguities of gender and attraction," so this is the perfect time to release it. Anyway, don't forget about THE NAKEDNESS.

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Here's the video for the first single from the forthcoming Magnetic Fields album, Love at the Bottom of the Sea. Be careful, THERE IS NAKEDNESS INVOLVED. I would not want you to get fired. Much like Sunday's Super Bowl, the clip is all about "playing with the ambiguities of gender and attraction," so this is the perfect time to release it. Anyway, don't forget about THE NAKEDNESS.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/the-magnetic-fields-andrew-in-drag-2/feed 7 Madonna, "Give Me All Your Luvin' (Feat. M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj)" http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/madonna-mia-nicki-mina http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/madonna-mia-nicki-mina#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:50:39 +0000 Dave Bry http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/madonna-mia-nicki-mina
This new Madonna video, in which M.I.A. appears (and doesn't do much, along with Nicki Minaj), is not as good as M.I.A.'s new video, "Bad Girls." Considering this, and also the great video Jay-Z and Kanye West made for their song "Otis" last summer, it seems that the Bay Area hip-hop subculture known as "hyphy," which peaked four or five years ago, is having its most lasting cultural impact in the phenomena of the dangerous-looking car tricks known as "ghost riding."

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This new Madonna video, in which M.I.A. appears (and doesn't do much, along with Nicki Minaj), is not as good as M.I.A.'s new video, "Bad Girls." Considering this, and also the great video Jay-Z and Kanye West made for their song "Otis" last summer, it seems that the Bay Area hip-hop subculture known as "hyphy," which peaked four or five years ago, is having its most lasting cultural impact in the phenomena of the dangerous-looking car tricks known as "ghost riding."

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Awl pals Tim Sutton and Seth Bomse have been known to make surprisingly watchable short films starring a not-so-good-looking aging person puttering around his apartment. So imagine what they might do with attractive teenagers diving into a glassy Appalachian lake, or hiking through a lush summer forest, or riding bikes in the desert at sunset. People who attend this year's South-by-Southwest Film Festival won't even have to imagine it, as Sutton's first full-length feature film, Pavilion, has been chosen as one the festival's "Emerging Visions" selections, and will have its world premiere in Austin between March 9th and 17th. Seth edited the film, which has an original score by The Sea and Cake's Sam Prekop—who wrote the languid and beautiful "Parasol" for his band's 1995 album Nassau. Pavilion is kind of like that, but as a movie.

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Awl pals Tim Sutton and Seth Bomse have been known to make surprisingly watchable short films starring a not-so-good-looking aging person puttering around his apartment. So imagine what they might do with attractive teenagers diving into a glassy Appalachian lake, or hiking through a lush summer forest, or riding bikes in the desert at sunset. People who attend this year's South-by-Southwest Film Festival won't even have to imagine it, as Sutton's first full-length feature film, Pavilion, has been chosen as one the festival's "Emerging Visions" selections, and will have its world premiere in Austin between March 9th and 17th. Seth edited the film, which has an original score by The Sea and Cake's Sam Prekop—who wrote the languid and beautiful "Parasol" for his band's 1995 album Nassau. Pavilion is kind of like that, but as a movie.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/pavilion-tim-sutton/feed 0 M. Ward, "The First Time I Ran Away" http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/m-ward-the-first-time-i-ran-away http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/m-ward-the-first-time-i-ran-away#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:30:44 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/m-ward-the-first-time-i-ran-away
M. Ward's Transfiguration of Vincent is somehow nearly ten years old, which means it must be really, really good given the number of times I still play it. Anyway, he's got a new record coming out in April called A Wasteland Companion, and here's the first video. Give a look and listen, this is a man who deserves more attention. [Via]

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M. Ward's Transfiguration of Vincent is somehow nearly ten years old, which means it must be really, really good given the number of times I still play it. Anyway, he's got a new record coming out in April called A Wasteland Companion, and here's the first video. Give a look and listen, this is a man who deserves more attention. [Via]

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Mellifluent Soul Train creator Don Cornelius shot himself to death early this morning at his home in Los Angeles. "Before MTV there was Soul Train, that will be the great legacy of Don Cornelius," said Quincy Jones in a statement to press. "His contributions to television, music and our culture as a whole will never be matched." Above, the first (and reportedly only) episode in which Cornelius himself danced down the famous Soul Train Line.

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Mellifluent Soul Train creator Don Cornelius shot himself to death early this morning at his home in Los Angeles. "Before MTV there was Soul Train, that will be the great legacy of Don Cornelius," said Quincy Jones in a statement to press. "His contributions to television, music and our culture as a whole will never be matched." Above, the first (and reportedly only) episode in which Cornelius himself danced down the famous Soul Train Line.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/don-cornelius/feed 2 Terry Jones At 70 http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/terry-jones-at-70 http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/terry-jones-at-70#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:20:46 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/terry-jones-at-70
Terence Graham Parry Jones, the most underrated member of the Monty Python team, turns 70 today. If I started picking out clips I would never finish, so we'll just leave it at this one and wish the man many happy returns.

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Terence Graham Parry Jones, the most underrated member of the Monty Python team, turns 70 today. If I started picking out clips I would never finish, so we'll just leave it at this one and wish the man many happy returns.

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